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Military Transport Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Clipping Fighter Jet Midair
THERMAL (CBSLA) — A military transport plane made an emergency landing Tuesday in Thermal after clipping a fighter jet midair. (CBSLA) According to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, it was reported at about 4 p.m. that an F-35B made contact with a KC-130J during an air-to-air refueling evolution, resulting in the crash of the fighter jet in Imperial County. (losangeles.cbslocal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wait. The tanker crew all safely ejected and landed nearby with parachutes? How did the tanker land so well with no one onboard?
the tanker crew did not/cannot eject
I was just quoting the article, which obviously made NO sense.
I heard they shaved a Gorilla
I am a paratrooper. Side doors and tailgate open in flight. Except for SOF all or jumps are ripcord. AF emergency chutes are activated manually with a ripcord (that thingy in front that looks like a handle). While I wouldn’t expect a reporter to know this I would exit them to do a simple check. Google even has pictures.
Do you not mean static line jumps? This was also a Marine C-130 not AF. There is a huge fuel tank in the cargo space.
Yes I know what a static line is. The way the statement was phrased I felt static line would mean nothing..to my knowledge no military aircraft is equipped with the Cirrus system. You know......with all the speculation we should follow our our own advice and taken a 5 minute stroll down the Google lane. Everything asked is answered.